Ward (Samuel) The Wonders of the Load-Stone. or, The
Ward (Samuel) The Wonders of the Load-Stone. or, The Load-Stone newly reduc't into a Divine and Morall Use, first edition in English, engraved frontispiece a little browned and chipped at fore-edge, D3 tear partially repaired, with blank leaf B12 present but lacking the 2 final blanks, a couple of outer margins trimmed, with loss to ruled border, some light browning, contemporary sheep, joints split, [STC 25030], 12mo, Printed by E[lizabeth] P[urslowe] for Peter Cole, 1640.
⁂ A translation of Magnetis reductorium theologicum tropologicum by Sir Harbottle Grimston. "Not in fact by Samuel Ward of Ipswich, but attributed instead to Samuel Ward of Cambridge by STC, the British Library General Catalogue and other sources. However, this reattribution can be called into question, with Samuel Ward of Ipswich bequeathing a collection of lodestones in his will and probable confusion between the two being caused by both of them being at Sidney College, Cambridge at the same time (cf. DNB and Alumni Cantabrigenses)" (ESTC).
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Ward (Samuel) The Wonders of the Load-Stone. or, The Load-Stone newly reduc't into a Divine and Morall Use, first edition in English, engraved frontispiece a little browned and chipped at fore-edge, D3 tear partially repaired, with blank leaf B12 present but lacking the 2 final blanks, a couple of outer margins trimmed, with loss to ruled border, some light browning, contemporary sheep, joints split, [STC 25030], 12mo, Printed by E[lizabeth] P[urslowe] for Peter Cole, 1640.
⁂ A translation of Magnetis reductorium theologicum tropologicum by Sir Harbottle Grimston. "Not in fact by Samuel Ward of Ipswich, but attributed instead to Samuel Ward of Cambridge by STC, the British Library General Catalogue and other sources. However, this reattribution can be called into question, with Samuel Ward of Ipswich bequeathing a collection of lodestones in his will and probable confusion between the two being caused by both of them being at Sidney College, Cambridge at the same time (cf. DNB and Alumni Cantabrigenses)" (ESTC).
